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About 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust.

Passover celebrates the Exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt.

Observant Jews don't say the word “Torah” because it rhymes with the word for “hell”.

Many Jews keep a scroll in or near the door of their house with a scripture passage on it.

"Prophet" meant someone who proclaims God's will and tries to keep Israel on course.

Jewish men are required to pray 5 times per day.

Cultural Jews do not necessarily practice Judaism as a religion.

Kaddish is a prayer said only at Jewish wedding ceremonies.

In Medieval times, many Jews fled to Iran, which was always tolerant of Jewish people.

One of the Jewish wedding customs is the canopy under which the bride and groom stand.

The Sabbath lasts from sunrise on Sunday until sunrise on Monday.

All Jewish rituals take place in the synagogue.

Orthodox Jews don’t celebrate bat mitzvahs and don’t have female rabbis.

Judaism says that God is providential: He guides and cares for creation.

Maimonides was the Jewish general who led the revolt against Hitler.

If an observant Jew’s parent dies, they continue the ritual of mourning for 15 years.

Judaism emphasizes actions more than creeds and statements of belief.

Christians in the Middle Ages blamed Jews for the death of Jesus.

Jewish kosher laws forbid the eating of pork.